After the sixth severe typhoon to hit the Philippines in a month destroyed fragile buildings, cut off power, and killed at least eight people, Filipinos on Monday removed fallen trees and fixed damaged homes.
President Ferdinand Marcos declared on Monday that Man-yi, a super typhoon that made landfall over the weekend, “wasn’t as bad as we feared” despite the national weather service’s warning of a “potentially catastrophic” impact.
With maximum sustained wind speeds of 185 kilometers per hour (115 miles per hour), Man-yi struck the main island of Luzon on Sunday afternoon after slamming into Catanduanes island late Saturday.
It caused landslides, destroyed wooden homes, uprooted trees, and brought down power lines.
“Though Pepito was strong, the impact wasn’t as bad as we feared,”
